Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

Before Hollywood, a silent film studio convenient to San Francisco produced hundreds of "Chasers." Five films starred Charlie Chaplin, who devised his Tramp character here. Museum runs silent films with live piano music every weekend.
~17 miles from San Jose.

Gravity and other normally trustworthy forces go haywire at this pseudo-scientific anomaly, discovered in 1940. Tour guides lead groups up a forested hillside to the cockeyed mystery shack.~23 miles from San Jose.